New versions of poker are being given rise-to all the time, the fast spread and popularity of the game is more than likely attributable to this. Whatever the reason, Badugi has been added to the Poker Stars repertoire and once it is there you will find it fast becoming available at other online poker sites. 

Poker Stars is one of the biggest online poker rooms and they are a trendsetter. It is the site where the pro's play and they also tend to be innovators of all the new games. They also have very high traffic and at present is the only site with sufficient enough traffic to allow Badugi to be competitive and of course, enjoyable. 

If you are to be a winning poker player, it is essential to keep up with all the latest games and the first rule of poker is to learn the rules. Games such as Badugi, Crazy Pineapple, 27 Triple Draw, Razz and others are becoming popular choices with mixed game tournaments. So you need to know them all to be in with a chance to win.

Badugi is so new that the majority of the players of this game are "fish", but you have to learn sometime and somewhere, right? It is always safer to master the proven strategies of any new poker game first before you try any fancy footwork and the same obviously applies to Badugi. Remember the pros will pick you off like "fish in a barrel" so try to get into games with other players of your own skill level. 

If you already have a grasp over Texas Holdem, 7 Card Stud and Omaha they you know more or less what this poker is all about. These games can be typical of most other poker games, so they are the place to start. If you haven't played Holdem yet, why bother with a relatively obscure game such as Badugi? 

Badugi is different, and there is also a lot of money to be made playing it if you are skilled. It is a "low-ball game draw" and some experts' recon it is a second cousin to A-5 Triple Draw. Each player is dealt 4 initial cards and they are allowed to draw three more times and bet after each draw. 

The main objectives are; a) to have the lowest, and b) to have one of each suit in the hand. So it is everything you are not looking for in a normal game of poker. The lowest possible hand for example is the A-2-3-4 of hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds. That will be your winner! So it takes a bit of a mindset change to learn to play. 

Tournaments and sit 'n gos are presently fixed limit or pot limit and Badugi can actually be incredibly exciting to play. Make sure you find out as much as you can before you play, there is a possibility that the Pokers Stars site may have a poker school for this game, and this would be the ideal.